These shrubs may possess colorful bark, fruit, or foliage.

Apr 13, PRUNING FOR BETTER HEALTH. Trees and shrubs that bloom in summer should be pruned in the early spring, and trees and shrubs that flower in spring should be pruned right after they finish blooming. Fruit trees, like apples, cherry, lilac, and plums can also be pruned in the shrubdisposal.barted Reading Time: 3 mins.

If an oak tree must be pruned in spring or summer such as after a storm, apply latex housepaint to the pruning cuts to avoid attracting sap-feeding beetles to the wounds.

Apr 13, Trimming trees in spring is possible, but you have to follow some important rules. Trimming Trees in Early Spring. You can safely remove some dead, damaged, overgrown, or dying branches in early spring – late March through early April – as long as you don’t remove too many tree branches.